Under the School Health checkup programme the state government carried out Cochlear Implant Operation free of cost treatment on two deaf and dumb students. As a part of the programmes these two girls child were operated free of cost.Himanshu Kaushik | TNN | January 22, 2016, 13:15 IST

Ahmedabad: Under the School Health checkup programme the state government carried out Cochlear Implant Operation free of cost treatment on two deaf and dumb students. As a part of the programmes these two girls child were operated free of cost.

Patel said that students of standards 1 and 12, non-school going children up to 18 years, are checked by the health department under the programme.

The two operation which were carried out in Gandhinagar civil included Zakia Moizabhai Vora age 16 months a resident of Vijapur, Mehsana was suffering from congenital deafness. Her defect was diagnosed during school health programme during Anganwadi visit, while Anjali Thakor, age 5 year, only daughter of Pushpaben Bharatbhai Thakor from Kadi, also in Mehsana was also suffering from congenital deafness. The two were successfully operated on January 18.

Patel said that so far among government and Gujarat Medical Education and Research Society medical colleges Cochlear implant was being done only in Ahmedabad. But this operation has opened a new centre for Cochlear implant in GMERS medical college, Gandhinagar.

He further announced that from now Cochlear Implant surgery will be carried out on regular basis. This operation costs around seven lakh. Patel further said that super specialty treatment for life threatening conditions like Heart, Kidney, and Cancer are provided free.

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